Clyde Williams
Clyde Williams went 32–15–2 as a head coach in the games on file: 1907 at Iowa State, 1908 at Iowa State, 1909 at Iowa State, 1910 at Iowa State, 1911 at Iowa State and 1912 at Iowa State. His full head-coaching career isn’t in our records. Share
- Record
- 32–15–2 games on file
- Seasons
- 6
- Schools
- 1
- AP poll
- Began in 1936, after this career
- Best season
- 1911 6–1–1
Season by season
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| Season | School | Record | AP final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1907 | Iowa State | 6–2 | ||
| 1908 | Iowa State | 6–3 | ||
| 1909 | Iowa State | 4–3–1 | ||
| 1910 | Iowa State | 4–4 | ||
| 1911 | Iowa State | 6–1–1 | ||
| 1912 | Iowa State | 6–2 |
Each season links to the team’s season page; bowls and playoff games link to the game.
How his teams did
| Kind of game | Games | Record | Won |
|---|---|---|---|
| Against rivals | 14 | 6–6–2 | 50% |
| Conference games | 13 | 8–3–2 | 69% |
| Decided by 8 points or fewer | 19 | 8–9–2 | 47% |
| At home | 23 | 18–3–2 | 83% |
| On the road | 26 | 14–12 | 54% |
| As our Elo’s favorite | 31 | 25–5–1 | 82% |
| As our Elo’s underdog | 18 | 7–10–1 | 42% |
His own 49 games on file, 1907–1912, as played (vacated wins counted, ties as half a win). Ranks are the AP poll going into the game; rivals are the ones either program’s Wikipedia article names; favorite and underdog by our own Elo rating, which reads only scores.
Against other head coaches
| Coach | Record | Their schools | Games | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Henry Williams 1907–1912 | 0–6 | Minnesota | 6 | |
| John Griffith 1908–1910 | 2–2 | Drake, Iowa | 4 | |
| Jesse Hawley 1910–1912 | 1–2 | Iowa | 3 | |
| King Cole 1907–1910 | 0–3 | Nebraska | 3 |
Clyde Williams’s record against the head coaches he met three or more times, from the games on file, as played.
Most-faced opponents
| Opponent | Games | Record |
|---|---|---|
| Drakeseries | 6 | 5–1 |
| Minnesotaseries | 6 | 0–6 |
| Grinnellseries | 5 | 5–0 |
| Coeseries | 5 | 5–0 |
| Missouriseries | 5 | 4–0–1 |
| Cornell (IA)series | 5 | 4–1 |
| Iowaseries | 5 | 2–3 |
| Morningsideseries | 4 | 3–1 |